March 11, 2010 - C.P. Eaton Partners hired Loren Boston, a fundraising veteran and former global head of origination for Bank of America Merrill Lynch's private-equity funds group, as part of the advisory firm's efforts to grab market share from larger rivals.
March 4, 2010 - For all the bullishness over tech M&A, no one seems ready to proclaim the market fully open, nor does anyone predict another banner year like 2007, when $193 billion of tech transactions were completed.
March 4, 2010 - Investment bankers have found that, at a time when food commodity prices are above historical levels, interest is heightened in cross-border transactions among agribusiness companies.
March 4, 2010 - Food-and-beverage companies are seeking both product growth and distribution efficiency through acquisitions.
March 4, 2010 - Shannon Lowry Nagles first day as a partner in Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobsons bankruptcy and restructuring practice may have been this week, but shes no stranger to Fried Frank partners such as Gary Kaplan and Brad Eric Scheler.
March 4, 2010 - With debt financing still tough to come by, private-equity investors are teaming up with deep-pocketed corporations to find new transactions and help finance their deals.
February 18, 2010 - M&A veteran Nigel Bell recently joined Jefferies & Co. as a managing director as part of its expanded focus on consumer products.
February 18, 2010 - Bulge-bracket firms have a bigger presence than many think, and Goldman Sachs is a dominant force.
February 18, 2010 - Private-equity firms are finding a lukewarm reception from IPO investors concerned about high valuations in new offerings.
February 11, 2010 - Proposed EU regulations have U.S. private-equity players buzzing. Most private-equity players acknowledge that if the rules to restrict the use of leverage are enacted, their own activities abroad will be crimped. They also fear that U.S. regulators may follow suit raising a host of other concerns.
February 11, 2010 - The Japanese firm, which has stumbled before in the U.S., says this may be the ideal time to try again.
February 11, 2010 - A U.S. operation is helping Linklaters establish itself as a bigger player in the cross-border M&A advisory field.
February 11, 2010 - William Blair & Co. has taken a big step to amend the gaps in its private-equity coverage of the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast with the hire of ex-Wachovia PE banker Charles Watson.
February 4, 2010 - Though the financial markets may be gaining some traction, San Francisco-based Eaglepoint Advisors expects to keep working on corporate restructurings, so the new firm hired former Polaroid CEO Gary DiCamillo to run its new Boston office.
February 4, 2010 - Morgan Stanley, Citi Private Equity, JPMorgan Chase among those anticipating policy changes, whether the proposal passes or not.